March 25th
WEALTH AND FREEDOM ARE FREE
“. . . freedom isn’t secured by filling up on your heart’s desire but by removing your desire.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.1.175
March 24th
THERE IS PHILOSOPHY IN EVERYTHING
“Eat like a human being, drink like a human being, dress up, marry, have children, get politically active —suffer abuse, bear with a headstrong brother, father, son, neighbor, or companion. Show us these things so we can see that you truly have learned from the philosophers.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.21.5–6
March 23rd
THE STRAITJACKETED SOUL
“The diseases of the rational soul are long-standing and hardened vices, such as greed and ambition— they have put the soul in a straitjacket and have begun to be permanent evils inside it. To put it briefly, this sickness is an unrelenting distortion of judgment, so things that are only mildly desirable are vigorously sought after.”
—SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 75.11
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Shifts for the week 👇
[I’m already wishing the week away, but got to mine that fiat to stack sats]
Monday Day ✅
Monday Night ✅
Tuesday Day
Tuesday Night
Wednesday Day
Thursday Day
Thursday Night
Friday Day
Saturday Night
March 21st
THE BEST RETREAT IS IN HERE, NOT OUT THERE
“People seek retreats for themselves in the country, by the sea, or in the mountains. You are very much in the habit of yearning for those same things. But this is entirely the trait of a base person, when you can, at any moment, find such a retreat in yourself. For nowhere can you find a more peaceful and less busy retreat than in your own soul—especially if on close inspection it is filled with ease, which I say is nothing more than being well-ordered. Treat yourself often to this retreat and be renewed.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.3.1
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March 17th
THE BEAUTY OF CHOICE
“You are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.1.39b–40a
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